BLACKSBURG (hokiesports.com) — Head Coach Frank Beamer and the Virginia Tech football program announced today that 12 of the Hokie Stone helmets worn during the Hokies’ game vs. Georgia Tech will be auctioned off online at hokiesports.com, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Herma’s Readers. The 12 helmets that will be auctioned off are numbers 3, 11, 17, 31, 42, 58, 74, 80, 82, 92, 98 and 99.

The auction for these 12 helmets will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and will continue through Tues., Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. Anyone wishing to bid on either item can do so by logging onto hokiesports.com/auction. There will be a minimum bid of $600 and all orders will have a $25 shipping fee added to the end of the bid. Additional Hokie Stone helmets will be auctioned off at a later date.

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